La guerra fría chilena

This is the story of a fire-breathing dragon that is captured by the concerned citizens of a small, isolated country. After refusing to join the army, the peace-loving dragon is put in a cage. He soon escapes and proves to all that dragons and humans can get along if they are willing to put in a little effort to understand each other.

La función social, cultural y política de la mujer en el primer tercio del siglo XX no ha sido suficientemente valorada. Durante este período, la mujer en España y en las otras culturas hispanohablantes fue conquistando derechos, defendió sus ideales y participó en la vida colectiva para alcanzar cotas de Modernidad que fueran equiparables al resto de los países occidentales. El volumen ofrece diez aportaciones que indagan, desde ambos lados del Atlántico, la compleja relación entre las mujeres y la prensa, focalizando las tensiones que se dieron en muchos contextos entre la...

In this brilliant overview of parodic praxis in the Spanish-American novel during the years 1960-1985, Elzbieta Skłodowska examines several aspects of parody: its role in the renovation of anachronistic forms of discourse (mock-epic) and the re-writing of the canon of the historical novel; its function in transgressing literary formulas (detective novel); its subversive quality in the counter-discourse of women writers; and the relation between parody, satire, irony, humor, and metafiction. This sound analysis of some twenty-five novels, carefully illustrated by works little treated in...

This book is written in Spanish. This book is a study of the intellectual and cultural atmosphere surrounding the Spanish author don Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645) during his stay at the Courts of Palermo and Naples (1613-1619) in the service of the Viceroy Duke of Osuna. Attention is paid particularly to his early knowledge of the works of the poet Marino, his role as protector of the Arts, and as intercessor on behalf of the philosopher Campanella. The second part of the book offers a detailed analysis of the author's writings during his Italian and post-Italian years as a result of his...